On Thursday, the governor of Lower Austria, Johanna Mikl-Leitner, will answer questions from the ÖVP Commission for Corruption Investigations. Representatives of the FPÖ and the Greens described her in advance as the “inventor” of ex-chancellor Sebastian Kurz. The “excellently oiled campaign machinery” would not have existed without the Lower Austrian ÖVP, said green group leader Nina Tomaselli.
Johanna Mikl-Leitner is “the most powerful woman in the ÖVP” and can certainly say something about the dismantling of former ÖVP boss Reinhold Mitterlehner and the “Ballhausplatz” project, which would have paved the way for former Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP ) to get into the Chancellery. In fact, the politician was closed at the beginning of the survey. You have no idea of the “Ballhausplatz” project or “donation meetings”. She also doesn’t know how Kurz prepared to become chairman. Mikl-Leitner blocked questions about campaign financing. According to Tomaselli, Lower Austria is a “real Eldorado when it comes to fundraising for the party”.
FPÖ: “Origin of black evil”
The Liberal group chairman Christian Hafenecker also sees it that way. Lower Austria is the “origin of black evil”. The ÖVP party leader Andreas Hanger, on the other hand, believes that desperate attempts are being made to transfer federal issues to Lower Austria. The commission of inquiry would have become a “farce”. Today, Thursday, the People’s Party will keep a close eye on whether the questions asked actually fall under the subject of the investigation and the time frame.
Discussion on the timing of the indictment
The governor of Lower Austria is this time a guest in the ÖVP’s corruption investigation committee. Representatives of the People’s Party had already complained about the charges themselves, suspecting a connection to the election campaign in Lower Austria. The next state elections will be held there on January 29, 2023. On the very day the election date was set, the U committee was convened. Mikl-Leitner also confirmed this position of the ÖVP. “It was therefore relatively easy for anyone in the country to get a sense of whether this is a coincidence or whether the other parties are interested in the election campaigns.”
After the state governor, a department head of the Ministry of Agriculture is said to have been invited. However, this study has been omitted. Chancellor Karl Nehammer (ÖVP) was a guest on Wednesday. SPÖ parliamentary group leader Jan Krainer said the ÖVP tried to distort any question that day, or alternatively featured gaps in memory.
Source: Krone
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